We explored the growth kinetics of intermetallic compound (IMC) layers at the joint interface of the friction stir lap welded Mg alloy to Al alloy joint during post-weld annealing treatment. The intermetallic layer formed between the Al alloy and Mg alloy was composed of continuous β phase and γ phase; the β phase layer grows faster than the γ phase layer. A quantitative analysis of the IMC layer thickness as a function of aging time and temperature was performed. The diffusion coefficients were calculated from the parabolic relationship between the migration of the interface and the annealing time. The activation energies for IMC growth were determined as 113.5 and 69.3 kJ mol−1 for the γ and β phases, respectively.
The Fe0.6Mn0.4NiSi1−xAlx (x = 0, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.08, and 0.12) alloys were prepared by arc melting and annealed at 1073 K for 90 h. With increasing Al contents, the structure of Fe0.6Mn0.4NiSi1−xAlx changes from TiNiSi-type to Ni2In-type at room temperature, while the Curie temperature decreases from 390 K to 136 K. Although the refrigerant capacity is relatively small, about 126 J/kg, the maximum isothermal entropy change reaches a value of −ΔSmax = 52.9 J/(kg K) under 5 T for x = 0.04. At the same time, the alloys have great corrosion resistance. From x = 0 to 0.12, samples can be tuned from a second-order to a first-order and then to a second-order phase transition. It is worth noting that there is no magnetic hysteresis for all samples although they experience structural phase transition. The structural and magnetic phase diagrams of the Fe0.6Mn0.4NiSi1−xAlx system have been figured out. The results indicate that the relatively large magnetocaloric effects with no magnetic hysteresis and good corrosion resistance make these alloys a good candidate for magnetic refrigeration near room temperature.
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